The millionaire single mother of evil teenager Lachlan - who doesn't yet know that her son sexually assaulted Alicia - is still on the defensive about the situation, and now her employee Nicola King is in her firing line.

As Nicola gossips in the cafe about the hateful teen and how none of the women in the village feel safe around him, Chrissie walks in and overhears exactly what Nicola said.

"Now, she can pretend that she's protecting her son from the world, but he's just a YTS rapist and none of the women in he village feel safe with him around."

Well this is awkward... (Image: ITV)

But then as Nicola finally twigs that Chrissie is stood behind her - and that's always the way, isn't it - she quickly adds: "Is what some people are saying, but of course I don't think that. Quite the opposite."

Unfortunately for Nicola, the damage has already been done and Chrissie launches into a blistering rant, and fires Nicola, in scenes to be aired on Wednesday.

"You're fired," a thundering Chrissie begins with before calling her a 'disloyal, gobby cow'.

Hell hath no fury like a YTS rapist's mother scorned (Image: ITV)

Only Nicola doesn't exactly take her firing laying down, shouting at Chrissie to remind her that she's the 'mother of a sex offender' and that's something her 'money can't change'.

Sadly for Chrissie, her self-righteous rantings don't last long as not soon after she comes across Lachlan's laptop and finds disturbing content that makes it clear the little creep's been lying about everything.

But what will Chrissie do? Shop her son or protect him and risk him attacking someone else?